Vinyl Siding Forum

Many years ago lived in a house w wood siding it was a nightmares that needed painting every 4 5 years to look decent.

Vinyl siding forum.

Never had any problems with the vinyl on my house it been truly maintenance free. It s covering the old real wood siding that was a pain to constantly maintain. Contact us 303 960 7718. Vinyl siding costs way less than lp smartside engineered wood siding.

So to begin with if you can pull the top of that flashing away from the wall enough to get a knife back there and cut it about 1 below the top of the flashing. It has a date of 2 2006. Regardless of the type of siding you choose you may want to install additional insulation inside the walls. In fact i wouldn t recommend that with any siding.

Eventually had vinyl siding put on because that was all i could afford at the time. And the gist of the comments are that there should be something behind vinyl siding not just vinyl siding over bare wood. Thread thread starter. Vinyl siding osb is oriented strand board.

For example color matched j chanel used in the right places really helps as opposed to everything being trimmed out in white j channel which just screams vinyl even from out in the street a hundred feet away. Palmer donavin in columbus ohio had said it is a american dream brand and wood grain and colors. That was 20 years ago and the siding is still there and looks alright. A common sheet material used nowadays instead of plywood or other wood products for both wall and roof sheathing.

Vinyl siding is not completely water proof so the way your paper is could cause any moisture that gets past the siding to go behind that flashing. Vinyl siding can help especially the more expensive grades of insulated vinyl but vinyl siding is by definition a superficial treatment it basically just hangs on the outside of your house. Any trick masonry nails for starter strip vinyl siding. Mid america shutter production.

1884 cherry st denver co 80220. Today 02 12 am by vinylhanger. Replacement window construction. I was told that my vinyl siding has been discontinued.

Also regarding choosing the siding mfg and details a carefully planned vinyl siding job can actually look really good. Pull the paper out and over the. Usually it costs around 2 dollars a square foot which roughly translates to about 7 000 when installed in an average sized home. Windows siding and doors.

Awful falt good facia boards. Siding windows search. Here s a hint don t buy the cheapest vinyl you can get and don t cook on the grill 6 away.